Cold Water Immersion and Recovery

Post-exercise Cold Water Immersion Clinical Trial

— CWI  

Official title:

Cold Water Immersion as a Strategy to Promote Post-exercise Recovery in Healthy Young Men

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02596542
• Other study ID #: METC 153038
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 3, 2015
• Last updated: August 1, 2016
• Start date: November 2015
• Est. completion date: May 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2016
• Source: Maastricht University Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Netherlands: Medical Ethics Review Committee (METC)
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Cold-water immersion (CWI) is a frequently applied strategy to accelerate post-exercise recovery in both recreational as well as professional athletes. However, the effect of repeated post-exercise CWI on other recovery strategies remains unclear.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 12
• Est. completion date: May 2016
• Est. primary completion date: May 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Males

• Aged between 18-35 years

• Healthy, recreationally active

• BMI < 25 kg/m2

• The ability to comply with the protocol (i.e. the set-up for the CWI is designed for subjects that are at least 1.70 m or taller).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Smoking

• Allergies to milk proteins (whey or casein)

• Female

• Arthritic conditions

• A history of neuromuscular problems

• Recent (<1 y) participation in amino acid tracer studies

• Individuals on any medications known to affect protein metabolism (i.e. corticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, or prescription strength acne medications).

• Individuals with GI diseases

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Post-exercise Cold Water Immersion

Intervention

Other:
• Water immersion
Different temperatures of cold water immersion will be assessed

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Netherlands	Maastricht University	Maastricht	Limburg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Maastricht University Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Muscle protein synthesis (expressed as fractional synthetic rate (FSR in %/h)		2 weeks	No
Secondary	Muscle temperature (expressed as degrees celsius)		1 day	No
Secondary	Glycogen concentration (expressed as micromol glycosol units*g dry wt)		1 day	No